Thesiger Collection

View of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. In the left foreground a man stands on the deck...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. A member...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a man walks toward a group of saddled and loaded camels resting beside a...

Full length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, during a journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy...

View of camel in a wadi bed in the region between Dahal well and Qabr Hud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. A number of men and boys rest on the deck of a sailing boat. At...

Portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of men walking with camels, likely members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on a road near the town of Dhahran in Qahtan tribal territory. Due to the nature of...

View of saf palms growing in rocky soil in Wadi Shutaynah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the desert near Umm az Zumul well. In the right foreground clump of bushes grows in the sand. In...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Close up portrait of a tribesman of the Awamir Bedouin in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A smiling man with a thin curly beard faces directly forward, squinting...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead camels through an area of low sand dunes. The first...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Hanun well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. The boy is holding a stick. In the background a herd...

Portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam and a number of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground three men and two women stand at the...

Landscape in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party hauling water from Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. Three men stand around the opening of a well. On the left a...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beneath a high sand dune during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the...

View of landscape in the Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the distance deciduous trees grow on the slopes of the Wadi Jarsis valley, surrounded by high mountains.Due...